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Heartstrings

(7,349 posts)
Wed Dec 1, 2021, 12:10 PM Dec 2021

I refuse to put on winter tires because:

It’s my car, my choice, my freedom.
The effectiveness of winter tires is not proven, except by studies carried out by the manufacturers (surprising eh!?!).
My neighbor Sylvia had an accident after putting on her winter tires.
Some are already on their third set of tires, which proves their ineffectiveness.
Do we really know what they are made of?
The tire giants scare us with winter just to enrich themselves.
In fact, the tire giants invented snow and spread it at night when you sleep.
If I have tires, the government can track me in the snow.
Educate yourself, open your eyes, stop being sheep!
This year, winter tires, I say no!



Credit to Kelly Bowman McKeen (Facebook)

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I refuse to put on winter tires because: (Original Post) Heartstrings Dec 2021 OP
What happens if you have all season tires? Throck Dec 2021 #1
You forgot to mention the microchips Piasladic Dec 2021 #2
Good stuff EYESORE 9001 Dec 2021 #3
And beisdes, your chances of skidding are very low, like 1 in 10,000 trips? Bernardo de La Paz Dec 2021 #4
I refuse to put on winter tires because House of Roberts Dec 2021 #5
I'm from South Florida. What is this 'snow' of which you speak? iscooterliberally Dec 2021 #6
"Leftist propaganda" durablend Dec 2021 #7
I heard those snow tires are made from pedo-pizza-basement kids. They stick better. erronis Dec 2021 #8

Piasladic

(1,160 posts)
2. You forgot to mention the microchips
Wed Dec 1, 2021, 12:41 PM
Dec 2021

They want to know where you are going (GPS, not just in the snow) and can control which direction you can go. Also, they can magnetize your car. Try getting your keys off the dashboard!

EYESORE 9001

(25,940 posts)
3. Good stuff
Wed Dec 1, 2021, 01:14 PM
Dec 2021

but, seriously, I haven’t done snow tires for many years. If roads have several inches of snow, I refuse to drive in it. If all-season radials won’t take me where I want to go, I just don’t go until the snow plows have been there.

House of Roberts

(5,175 posts)
5. I refuse to put on winter tires because
Wed Dec 1, 2021, 02:08 PM
Dec 2021

I live in Alabama, and if there's a forecast of snow, I can just lay up until it melts, as long as I go to the store immediately, and buy up all the milk, bread and eggs I can carry!

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